Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, Ādhipurīśvara temple, time of Pratāpa Devarāya, Krodhin year

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of land revenue on salt pans to the treasure (pāṇṭaram) of the lord of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr by the villagers of Maṇali.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Medial i and ī interchangeable.

Spelling na occasionally used instead of expected ṉa.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ vīra-śrī-pratāpa-devarāyaṟkku-c cellā niṉṟa kroti-varuṣam· kum·bha-nāyaṟṟu
⟨2⟩ pūrvva-pakṣattu paurṇaiy((u))m caṉikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa makattu nāḷ jayaṅ-koṇ-
⟨3⟩ ṭa-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu puḻaṟ-kōṭṭattu nāyiṉār tiruvoṟṟiyūr-Uṭaiya nāyiṉār
⟨4⟩ śrī-paṇṭārattukku puḻal-nāṭṭil maṇaliyil Ūravarōm kalveṭṭi-k kuṭutta paṭi
⟨5⟩ śrī-paṇṭāram (paṭa)mpakka-nāyaka-p p(ōḷa)ttil Ell(ai)-k-kallukku mēṟkku Eṅkaḷ El-
⟨6⟩ laiyil Aḷaṅkaṭṭi Uppuppayiṟ ceyyalāna maṭṭu It-taṉaiyum kuṭi n¡i!ṅkā-t tēvatā-
⟨7⟩ ¡n!am-Āka Uṭaiyavaṟkku nāṅkaḷ kuṭutta Aḷavukku Inta ellai Uppuppayiṟ-c ceyyalāna maṭṭu It-taṉai-
⟨8⟩ yum tiru-c-cūla-t-tāpaṉam paṇṇi-k koṇṭu Inta Uppuppayiṟ-c ceyitu kuṭi-vāram aḷaṅkaḷukku viṭ-
⟨9⟩ ṭu mēl-vāram mutal-k koṇ(ṭu) ṉāyiṉār tiru-māci-t tiru-nāḷ Ēḻān tiru-nāḷ kuṟai vaṟuppa Uḷḷa-
⟨10⟩ tu Eṅkaḷ Upayam Āka cantiṟātittavaraikkum kuṭi n¡i!ṅkā tēvatā¡n!am-āka kalveṭṭi-¿t? kuṭu-
⟨11⟩ ttōm maṇaliyil Ūravarōm ௳

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ On the day of makam¹ which coincides with (peṟṟa²) ...

⟨2–4⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the manner in which We, the villagers in Maṇali in the Puḻaṟnāṭu, having ⟨had⟩ engraved³, we made a donation to the glorious treasury of the Lord, Lord of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, in the Puḻaṟkōṭṭam, in the Jayaṅkoṇṭacōḻamaṇṭalam.

⟨5–11⟩ We, the villagers in Maṇali, having ⟨had⟩ engraved ..., we made a donation.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1911-12 (ARIE/1911-1912/B/1911/367).

Edited online by துரை. சுந்தரம் in கொங்கு கல்வெட்டு ஆய்வு (accessed 2024-02-15).

Edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (2019).

Secondary

ARIE 1911-12. G.O. No. 919, 29th July 1912. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1911-1912. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1912. Page 26, appendix B/1911, item 367.

Notes

1. Sanskrit maghā, that is the 10th nakṣatra.
2. Literally "which got, obtained".
3. That is, having commissioned the engraving of an inscription

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